Eric Staal
has been the ideal leader for the
Minnesota Wild
, continuing to produce no matter who he's skating with while coach
Bruce Boudreau
searches for the most effective combinations.
This latest line sure looks like it works well.
...

Finland players looked at the numbers and laughed.
They couldn't believe captain Lasse Kukkonen only had five sprints in a game and Petri Kontiola had a whopping 46.
Even better: They don't even know what qualifies as a sprint.
"We were looking at...

Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy erased the memory of a bad outing in St. Louis with one solid performance. Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots, Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point scored and the Lightning beat the St. Louis Blues 3-0 on Tuesday night in...

A vending machine worker in St. Louis dressed as the Blues emergency goalie Thursday night. Season-ticket holder Tyler Stewart participated in pregame warmups and watched from the dressing room in the first period of the Blues' game against the Dallas...

After being outspoken about going to the 2018 Winter Olympics no matter the consequences, even Alex Ovechkin has given up and turned his attention to the Beijing Games in 2022. The Washington Capitals' Russian superstar acknowledged the door is closed...

After winning their third Stanley Cup championship in six seasons, the Chicago Blackhawks fielded questions about whether they can be called a dynasty. Now they face questions on the status of winger Patrick Kane, who faces sexual assault allegations as...

Tampa Bay's Ben Bishop stopped 24 shots for his first NHL playoff victory Saturday, a 5-1 win over Detroit that evened their opening-round Eastern Conference series at one game apiece.
Tyler Johnson had two goals for the Lightning, which dropped Game 1...

The NHL will have a new champion and the Stanley Cup playoffs will welcome back some long-absent teams.
The Kings became the first champion to miss the playoffs the following season since Carolina in 2007. They were joined on the sidelines by the...

TV/radio: 7 p.m. Thursday; CSN, NBCSN, WGN-AM 720.
Storylines: The Blues inch toward the playoffs with something of a goalie battle brewing. Rookie Jake Allen (2.32 GAA) is 3-1-1 in his last five starts and 21-7-4, including four shutouts. He will...

It was power-play practice for the Ducks earlier this week, against a mishmash penalty-killing unit featuring a guy coming off a head injury, a frequently scratched defenseman, an early-season acquisition and one regular.
Yet even with that talent...

ST. LOUIS — The final result is in the books and heart rates have returned to normal, but the true ramifications for what went down in Game 2 of the opening round NHL playoff series between the Blackhawks and Blues on Saturday might not be felt for days....

ST. LOUIS — Buckle up, Blackhawks fans, this has the makings of some kind of thrill ride.
Trailing the defending Stanley Cup champions late in regulation, the Blues rallied for a 4-3 victory in triple-overtime in Game 1 of the first round of the NHL...